For the first time in a decade, the West Texas A&M football team has been ranked outside of the top four, coming in at fifth when the Lone Star Conference released its 2015 preseason football poll Tuesday morning.

Fourteen athletes from the West Texas A&M men's and women's track and field teams were honored as recipients of the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Division II All-Academic Individuals awards.

West Texas A&M head baseball coach Matt Vanderburg announced Monday the hiring of Kevin Frady and Cory Hall as assistant baseball coaches for the 2015-16 season.
Frady is from Maryville University in St. Louis, Mo.

Recently graduated West Texas A&M women's basketball standout Chontiquah White has been named the Lone Star Conference nominee for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, which was announced Thursday by the NCAA.

Former West Texas A&M ace pitcher Rita Hokianga is getting a chance to continue her softball career closer to home as the Hawke's Bay native will play for the New Zealand White Sox National Training Team.

West Texas A&M first-year head women's basketball coach Kristen Mattio on Thursday announced the addition of Wichita State University transfer Alie Decker to the Lady Buffs women's basketball team next season.

West Texas A&M led the Lone Star Conference with 167 student-athletes selected to the Commissioner's Honor Roll out of a total 787 students honored. WT had 61 individuals with a perfect 4.0 GPA, which also led the conference.

The Lone Star Conference named its male and female Athletes of the Year on Thursday. Angelo State's Steve Naemark was named the LSC Male Athlete of the Year and Midwestern State's Brenna More was named the LSC Female Athlete of the Year.

The Lone Star Conference announced its male and female Academic Athletes of the Year on Wednesday.
David Goggin of Angelo State was the male athlete and Ewa Zaborowska of Harding was the female athlete.

The West Texas A&M University football team came in at No. 10 in the Sporting News Division II Football preseason Top 25, which was released Thursday.
Coming off a 6-5 season, the Buffs return 17 starters for third-year head coach Mike Nesbitt.

Jay Poerner has been named the Lone Star Conference Commissioner by the LSC Council of Presidents.
Poerner learned the news Tuesday in announcement by Dr. Brian May, chair of the LSC Council of Presidents and president of Angelo State University.

The West Texas A&M athletic department put together its best season academically in program history as the department had a 2.97 overall grade-point average for the 2014-15 season, highlighted by a school-best 3.06 average for the spring semester.

The West Texas A&M No. 10-ranked women's and No. 14-ranked men's track and field teams competed Friday in day two of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

The West Texas A&M No. 10-ranked women's and No. 14-ranked men's track and field teams opened up competition in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championship on Thursday at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.

The West Texas A&M men's golf team ended their season by firing a team score of 302 Wednesday in the final round of their first NCAA Division II National Championship and finished 17th with a 54-hole score of 906.

The West Texas A&M men's golf team responded Tuesday after a disappointing first round with an 8-over 292 in the second round of the NCAA Division II National Championship on the par 71, 7,021-yard Rock Barn & Spa Golf Club.

CONOVER, N.C. - It was a tough first day for the West Texas A&M men's golf team.
WT opened the NCAA Division II National Championships with a 312 score on the Robert Trent Jones course at Rock Barn Golf & Spa on Monday.

The Canyon Lady Eagles just took care of business.
There's really no other way to put it as Canyon topped Lubbock Cooper, 8-3, to complete a Class 5A regional quarterfinal sweep Saturday at Schaeffer Park.

West Texas A&M ace Tyler Gibson threw a complete-game shutout, leading the Buffs to a 5-0 victory over St. Edward's in the opening game of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional on Thursday night at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo.

West Texas A&M is set to make its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo., hosted by Colorado Mesa University.
The Buffs (35-18) are the No.

West Texas A&M women's basketball coach Mark Kellogg has been named women's head coach at Stephen F. Austin State, and will be introduced at a news conference on the SFA campus in Nachogdoches at 11 a.m. today.